We Alone By Alice Walker

We Alone past Alice Walker

In this famous poem, We Alone, based on humanity, dearest, and money, Alice Walker reveals the power within each human heart, and the power we have together when united in purpose. She begins We Alonewith a strong statement and one that makes the reader stop and ponders the power of the human race. Alice Walker's We Alonetin be read in full here.

We Alone by Alice Walker

We Solitary Analysis

Lines i-4

Nosotros alone tin can devalue aureate
(…)
in the marketplace.

Information technology is a elementary plenty merits, notwithstanding information technology is somehow profound. It is profound because it is true, but who among usa thinks of it often? The value behind gold, diamonds, and other "valuable" items is but there because of the ideas backside the value. The American dollar, for example, is cipher simply a greenish piece of paper, just for the fact that humankind universally recognizes it every bit worth something. Upon reading these offset five lines, the reader becomes enlightened of the ability of the human heart. The first line "nosotros alone" gives the reader a sense of responsibility. No 1 but humans can "devalue golden". These lines reveal the ability of intendance. What we care for, we value, and what we value becomes of worth because people have declared it valuable.

Lines 5-ten

Wherever there is golden
there is a concatenation, you know,
(…)

so much the worse
for you.

This section of We Alone reads nigh like a warning. The speaker reveals that wherever there is gold, there is a chain. This chain symbolizes the chains that would bind a prisoner. For those who live for money are bound past money. They are owned past the love of coin, and they are slaves to the idea of making more and more. In these lines, the speaker reveals that those who have gold, are chained to it, and that the gilt and the concatenation make their owner "so much the worse". This is non a new idea, but it is proclaimed in such a simple and profound tone that it touches the eye and makes the reader end and ponder his own heart and whether or non it is inverse by money.

Lines 11-thirteen

Feathers, shells
(…)
are all as rare.

With these iii short and subtle lines, the speaker makes a shocking proposition. What if people universally agreed to no longer value gold? What if people decided to value beauty and nature rather than money and power. Now, these are, of course, the musings of a philosopher, not an economist. Nevertheless, the idea strikes a chord inside the man soul. Readers are compelled to wait into their own hearts and enquire themselves, "what is it that I value?" The suggestions of "sea shaped stones" and "feathers" and "shells" as that which humankind should value reveals the speaker'due south realization that true enjoyment of nature is of more than value than wealth or power could e'er promise to be.

Lines xiv-17

This could be our revolution:
(…)
what's scarce.

With these lines of We Alone, the speaker communicates to the reader that these musings are a possibility if only everyone would agree to human activity. The speaker claims that it "could be our revolution" to end the struggle for money and power and begin to value moments of connections with nature and other man beings. The speaker finally expresses a concluding thought on all that humankind values. She reveals that the revolution could finally happen when people would learn "to love what is plentiful as much every bit what is deficient". Thus the speaker presents the idea that human love is what is backside the mode the world works. Because nosotros dearest power and textile wealth, nosotros place value on what is rare. However, if we could together agree to beloved all that nature has to offer, whether scarce or plentiful, nosotros would surely bask a more than thorough life.

Although the reality of this kind of shift taking identify is nigh impossible, the words do cause the reader to venture into self reflection and to ponder what true value is. The reader is moved to question his own motives and values as they make up one's mind the course of his life.

Alice Walker Groundwork

Alice Walker is one of the most loved African American writers. Her work has inspired many. In her early years, her mother was a maid and worked hard to provide a meager living for her and her seven siblings. Although she was raised in poverty and aspired to the position of renowned writer, this particular poem seems to suggest that the writer does not relish fame or fortune. Rather, she suggests that fortune has a concatenation that binds its owner. She reveals that she has found enjoyment in seashells and feathers and other parts of nature. Though she has experienced poverty and fame, We Alone reveals that she does non find her enjoyment in fame or money or power. She rather would prefer that people would collectively requite value to nature and 1 another and the simple pleasures of life rather than coin and power.